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Scott PowersMarch 11, 2016

Saying that he’s come to see there are two Donald Trumps – the public one, and a “cerebral” private one – Dr. Ben Carson said he likes and admires the private one and gave his endorsement to Trump on Friday, four days before the Florida primary. The endorsement is yet another blow to the campaign of […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 7, 2016

Five Republicans are in the U.S. Senate race. Yet if you believe a statewide poll released Monday, 56 percent of GOP voters want Ben Carson to jump in. They would “definitely vote for Carson,” with another 29 percent saying it’s “too soon to say.” Carson scored over 50 percent in all regions but Northwest Florida on “definitely,” […]

Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2016

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Although Marco Rubio and his camp continue to say that he will win Florida in the winner-take-all GOP presidential primary March 15, there’s been little statistical evidence to date indicating that might be possible. Until now. A poll taken by The Tarrance Group released Saturday shows Donald Trump continuing to lead in Florida, but only by 5 percentage points over […]

Associated PressMarch 4, 2016

Ben Carson ran for president, and his consultants won. The political newcomer who said this week he sees “no path” to the Republican nomination raised more money than any other GOP contender, $58 million since he began his bid last May. But Carson’s campaign burned through much more of that money on fundraising and consultants […]

Associated PressMarch 3, 2016

And then there were four. Ben Carson‘s departure from the GOP presidential race means the quartet of remaining Republicans on the debate stage Thursday night get more time for attacks as Donald Trump treads a path to the GOP nomination and his three rivals try to trip him up. Cheered on by many Republican leaders, […]

Associated PressMarch 2, 2016

Presidential candidates will wake up Wednesday morning to the cold, hard truth of delegate math. It might give the front-runners some breathing room, but for the rest of the field, the truth may hurt. What to watch for on the day after Super Tuesday doles out a quarter of all the delegates at stake in […]

Associated PressMarch 2, 2016

Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, emboldened by commanding victories Tuesday across large swaths of the country, are beginning to focus on each other in the race for the White House. Clinton previewed a “love and kindness” message while Trump traded his typical rollicking rallies for a sober media conference where he pressed his […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 1, 2016

The book-tour presidential campaign of Ben Carson limps along, even as his campaign chairman floated stories of a frightening quid pro quo that could effect Florida Republican voters. In exchange for getting out of the race, Carson campaign chairman Bob Dees contends unnamed “billionaires” promised support for Carson pursuing the GOP Senate nomination from Florida. “That’s been […]

Guest AuthorMarch 1, 2016

There is a reason Marco Rubio is acting like Donald Trump. Math. If you believe averages of Real Clear Politics (RCP), with 306,619 GOP mail votes cast, Trump, polling at 40.3 percent, is dominating Rubio, polling at 20.8 percent, at 123,566 to 63,776 mail votes. Let’s assume turnout pops and 2,000,000 Republicans vote in the […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 29, 2016

A day before the biggest day of the 2016 presidential election cycle, Donald Trump‘s lead nationally in the GOP presidential race is at an all-time high. A CNN-ORC poll released on Monday has Trump at 49 percent support. Marco Rubio is a distant second with 16 percent. Ted Cruz is third with 15 percent. Ben […]

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